Dinnae fret, Matthew B. Roberts; you’ll be again there quickly.
After wrapping manufacturing on Outlander after eight seasons, the drama’s showrunner is paying tribute to, fairly presumably, the perfect location ever to shoot a collection — Scotland.
“I say goodbye to Scotland, hopefully not for the final time, it looks like I’m leaving greater than only a location,” he wrote on Instagram. “What began as a distant place the world over has turn out to be a house within the truest sense. From day one, the individuals of Scotland welcomed a small group of Sassenachs from Los Angeles with open arms. They didn’t simply allow us to movie right here—they embraced us, shared their gorgeous landscapes and tradition, and made us really feel like we belonged.”
“Engaged on Outlander has been the journey of a lifetime,” he continued. “I arrived as a author/producer not absolutely figuring out what this journey would maintain. Now, after eight seasons, I depart because the showrunner of a collection that has modified me each personally and professionally. Scotland grew to become part of my life in methods I by no means anticipated, shaping not simply the tales we advised, however the particular person I’ve turn out to be.”
“Although this chapter is ending, Scotland will at all times stick with me,” Roberts continued. “The friendships, the recollections, the experiences—they’ll final a lifetime. Right here’s to no matter comes subsequent, however regardless of the place I’m going, part of me will at all times be right here. Outlander and Scotland will perpetually be in my coronary heart.”
Roberts has been on Outlander because it launched on Starz in 2014. He’s already taken over the prequel Blood of My Blood that may deal with the love story of Jamie’s dad and mom, Ellen MacKenzie and Brian Fraser. Filming started in April in Scotland.
Half two of season 7 of Outlander returns on Friday, November 22, at midnight ET, by way of the Starz app. Further episodes will drop in the identical slot weekly. Through linear, it should air on the identical day at 8 p.m. ET/PT.